May 2015 Newsletter

Recruiting Retail to Grant County Table of Contents Representatives from Moses Lake, 1) Recruiting Retail Quincy, Ephrata, and Soap Lake accompanied the Grant County 2) Japanese Companies Growing Economic Development Council to 3) What’s Happening? Las Vegas for the third time to 4) Partners & Investors attend the annual Retail Real Estate Convention or RECon.

“We were very excited to represent and showcase how Recent Happenings diverse our area is this year,” said Emily Braunwart, Business Columbia Basin Tech students Recruitment Manager for the EDC. developed an oatmeal raisin “The members of our delegation cookie recipe that was a hit at a met with retail companies, talked recent Korean trade show to developers, and learned best Grant County Represented at practices from other cities.” Natural Foods Trade Show Team members were able to speak Grant County marketing message with companies such as: Sports delivered in-person to site Clips, Panda Express, Planet selectors in Los Angeles Fitness, Amazing Lash, Panera City of Mattawa moving forward Bread, Bass Pro Shop and many on design and planning for its more. main street redevelopment “Going to RECon is about building relationships and marketing our Luncheon on proposed carbon cap communities,” said Braunwart. and trade legislation leads to EDC “Every year we’re able to share joining the Washington Climate how rapidly the Grant County Collaborative economy is growing and why we’re the next place these retailers Emily Braunwart with Grant EDC should locate.” selected to travel to Japan as part of Sister City exchange

Export workshop and business financing workshop held to assist Contact Us: local companies that are growing Physical Address: Grant County EDC, 6594 Patton Blvd NE, Moses Lake, WA 98837 into new markets and expanding Billing Address: PO Box 2359, Moses Lake WA 98837 operations and services Phone: 509-764-6579 Fax: 509-762-5161 Email: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

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Japanese Companies Continue to Grow in

Grant County

Moses Lake has a long history of Japanese culture of the local Japanese companies as time will and companies dating back to 1968 when Japan permit. They will also be arranging meetings with Airlines (JAL) began training pilots at the Japanese companies that have expressed decommissioned Larson Air Force Base which had previous interest in a Grant County location. recently become the Grant County International “It will be great to visit the executives at these Airport. Over the past 47 years JAL has continued companies that employ so many people in Grant to foster a friendship between Moses Lake and County,” said Braunwart. “I want to be able to Japan and even helping to create the Moses Lake- thank them for the positive influence they have Yonezawa Sister City relationship. had on Moses Lake and learn what we can do to While JAL was the most visible Japanese company help their businesses and other Japanese in Grant County – it’s hard to miss the circling businesses continue to grow and add jobs here.” Boeing 747’s – additional Japanese companies Prior to traveling as a member of the Governor’s like Chemi-Con Materials, Takata, Moses Lake delegation, Braunwart will accompany three high Industries and AstaReal also located facilities school students to Japan for the 34th Moses Lake- here. Yonezawa sister city student exchange. Mitsubishi, the newest Japanese Company to Braunwart and the students are currently make the move to Grant County, is partnering involved in cultural classes taught by Ginny Hirai with AeroTEC to test the new Mitsubishi Regional as preparation for their nine day stay in Jet (MRJ). Mitsubishi plans to start bringing the Yonezawa. While in Japan they will stay with host MRJ to Grant County International Airport as families and be immersed in the Japanese culture. soon as the jets are completed for a three-year “It’s exciting to be able to learn more about the testing and certification process. Japanese culture and to experience the country in Once Mitsubishi arrives, total employment in a less formal environment,” said Braunwart. Grant County at Japanese owned companies will “When I am participating in the delegation it will surpass 900. This represents close to 8% of total give me that much more background and employment within the Moses Lake zip code familiarity so I can be more effective when where all five Japanese companies are located. If meeting with companies.” it was its own industry, Japanese companies The Moses Lake-Yonezawa sister city student would represent the 7th largest sector of the exchange is currently collecting donations for a Moses Lake economy; just behind the hotel & dinner auction, which will be held on June 18th at restaurant sector and ahead of both the Lineage Logistics (Columbia Colstor) 2730 W construction and wholesale trade sectors. Marina Dr. Moses Lake. Tickets are $35 a person Later this year, in cooperation with the Port of or $250 for a table of eight. All proceeds help Moses Lake, Emily Braunwart, Business fund the exchange student’s trip. Recruitment Manager for the Grant County EDC, To register for the dinner auction contact 509-989 will travel to Japan as part of Governor Inslee’s -2287. To contribute to the sister city student trade delegation. Braunwart and the team from exchange visit www.gofundme.com/ the Port of Moses Lake plan to visit with as many mlsistercity2015.

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What’s Happening in Grant County?

Warden Quincy Moses Lake

Work is almost complete on the first phase of Microsoft’s newest data center Work continues on AeroTEC’s new Main Street Hardware & Supply in facility in Quincy, Washington. Microsoft hangar at the Grant County International Warden, WA is expanding its footprint. already operates three other centers in Airport. Once completed, the hangar will The hardware store carries tools, Quincy and when the new phase is be used by AeroTEC and Mitsubishi plumbing, paint, electrical, hardware, complete its Quincy operations will be Aircraft to test the new Mitsubishi lawn & garden supplies, kitchen, bath, one of the largest data center campuses Regional Jet. This will bring approximately barbecues, lawn mowers, propane, patio in the world. The idea that data centers 150 pilots, engineers and aerospace furniture. They also carry ammo, knives, don’t create very many jobs is just not technicians to Central Washington for and a whole host of other items. If they true. Microsoft, along with six other data about a three year period. Once the don't have it, they can get it. center companies, employ a full time Mitsubishi Regional Jet has been certified work force of more than 600 people. the hangar will be used for testing and Eighty percent of these jobs pay more certification of other newly designed than $30.00 an hour which is roughly aircraft. double the average wage in the region. This is in addition to the hundreds of temporary construction jobs created when the facilities are initially built.

CHS Sun Basin is moving rapidly along with construction of its new fertilizer storage facility in Warden, WA. Located Carl's Jr. opened its first location in Grant on 12 acres the facility will store 2.8 County Washington in April with a million gallons of liquid fertilizer, and location at the junction of Interstate 90 15,000 tons of dry fertilizer. Future plans and State Highway 17. Sixty people have at the site include offices and a been employed to operate the fast food maintenance building. The facility is on restaurant. The Grant County EDC and track to be operational in spring of 2016. Moses Lake Chamber of Commerce helped facilitate meetings with Carl’s Jr. at the International Council of Shopping Center’s trade show in 2013 and 2014.

Partners & Investors

Founders Circle ($75,000+ up) Bronze Division Continued Friends of the EDC Continued ASPI Group Gary Mann Real Estate Dick Ealing City of Moses Lake General Dynamics—OTS Jeff Foster City of Quincy Guild Mortgage Company Frances Irwin Grant County Horizon Credit Union Rory Knapp Grant County PUD Housing Authority of Grant County Denise Lefler Port of Moses Lake Inland Cellular Fred Lischka Port of Quincy Inland Tarp & Liner, LLC Don Long ITC Services, Inc. Alan Lunderburg Platinum Division ($50,000-$74,999) J & M Electric Col. Clyde Owen Central Terminals LLC JR Newhouse Co., PLLP Dale Pomeroy Columbia Basin Herald Key Bank Jeff Railton Microsoft Corporation Lad Irrigation Co., Inc. Sheldon Townsend Samaritan Healthcare Lamb Weston, BSW Pat Wold Washington Trust Bank Landau Associates, Inc. Yahoo! LC Farms, Inc. Lenroc Company Gold Division ($25,000-$49,999) Linage Logistics Chemi-Con Materials Live Nation-Gorge Amphitheatre Board of Directors Confluence Health Mardon Resort Genie Industries Martin Morris Agency Juanita Richards, Horizon Credit Hayden Homes Million Air Moses Lake Union, President McKinstry Co., LLC Moses Lake Chamber of Commerce Moses Lake Community Health Tom Thompson, Samaritan Silver Division ($15,000-$24,999) Center Healthcare, Vice President AKZO Nobel Moses Lake School District City of Ephrata National Frozen Foods Char McDowell, TEAM, Secretary CliftonLarsonAllen LLP Northland Communications LeAnne Parton, BBCC Foundation, Port of Ephrata Pillar Rock Grill/Moses Lake Golf Club Treasure Port of Mattawa Polhamus Heating & Air Conditioning REC Silicon Port of Coulee City Gary Ash, National Frozen Foods, Port of Hartline Past President Bronze Division ($2,500-$14,999) Port of Royal Slope Chuck Berrie, Grant County PUD Accredited Appraisals Port of Warden Agri/Com Appraisals Quincy Farm Chemicals, Inc. Juliann Dodds, Umpqua Bank Alsted Real Estate Quincy Foods Argus Insurance Rock Steel Structures Rick Heiberg, City of Coulee City Aviation Technical Services SGL Automotive Carbon Fibers Kent Jones, Port of Moses Lake B & D Communications Skaug Brothers, Inc. Basic American Foods Skone & Conners Brian Kuest, Port of Quincy Barrett Business Services, Inc. Tommer Constructions Co., Inc. Jon Lane, City of Moses Lake Belle Enterprises Inc. Total Employment & Management Big Bend Community College (TEAM) Eric LaFontaine, Columbia Canfield & Associates Town of Coulee City Basin Herald Cayuse Lake View Home Sites Trask Insurance Inc. Central Bonded Collectors Umpqua Bank Pat Millard, Port of Warden City of Electric City Western Pacific Engineering City of George Alice Parker, Columbia Basin Western Polymer Corporation Development League City of Royal City Windermere K-2 Realty City of Soap Lake Work Source Moses Lake Affiliate Irene Plenefisch, Microsoft City of Warden Zip Truck Lines, Inc. Coldwell Banker Tomlinson Ranch & Home Dale Pomeroy, Pomeroy Farms Columbia Basin Development League Friends of the EDC Marvin Price, LambWeston/BSW Columbia Basin Job Corp Justin Ashley Columbia Basin Railroad Steve Ausere Reed Raymond, Hayden Homes Columbia Electrical Supply David Bailey Chris Romm, BBSI Columbia Glass Inc. Susie Barr Columbia Northwest Engineering Terry Brewer Carolann Swartz, Grant County Consolidated Disposal Service, Inc. Jane Dickinson Dano Law Firm, PS Randy Dickinson Ray Towry, City of Ephrata Express Employment Professionals